Long Walk Home Questions

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  1. Why does Odessa sit in the back of the car when she is being taken to Oak Park?
  2. Why does the policeman question Odessa at the park?
  3. How does he address her?
  4. Why does the policeman come to the Thompson household to apologize to Odessa and the girls?
  5. List examples of discrimination (blatantly immoral/sinful actions or behavior) at the cocktail party (at least three).
  6. How did the action taken by Rosa Parks start a “war of wills” in the South?
  7. Why does Miriam agree to pick Odessa up two times a week?
  8. Why does Miriam ask Mary Catherine not to tell her father?
  9. List what Christmas is like in the Thompson household.
  10. List what Christmas is like in the Cotter household.
  11. Why doesn’t Odessa hand Mary Catherine the Christmas gift that she brought for her?
  12. What are two of the discriminatory remarks made at the Christmas dinner table?
  13. What is Tucker’s (Norman’s brother) position on Odessa walking to work? Write it verbatim (word for word) if you can.
  14. Why does Odessa say that she will walk until her legs fall off?
  15. What does Odessa receive from her family for Christmas?
  16. Why does Selma decide to take the bus?
  17. How do the three boys harass her on the bus? (Be specific with their words and actions.)
  18. Why doesn’t Theo fight back? Is this an example of “Turn the other cheek?” Explain.
  19. What do the people do to help the maids get to work on time? (Is this an example of civil disobedience? Explain.)
  20. What is the White Citizen’s Council? (Is this an example of social sin? Explain.)
  21. What is Norman’s reaction when he finds out that Miriam is picking Odessa up twice a week?
  22. What happened to Miriam when she was fifteen years of age that made her think about the way that she was being raised?
  23. What does Miriam do the next morning when she picks Odessa up? What big decision does she make?
  24. What is it that Tucker wants Norman to see?
  25. What does the White Citizen’s Council try to do at the carpool parking lot?
  26. When did the Supreme Court vote to allow the black American to sit where they wanted to on the bus?